A preliminary bacterial study of Egyptian paper money

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-240

  El Din El Dars, Farida M S ^a,b   Hassan, Wael M H ^a  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Egyptian paper money; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Staphylococcus albus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CURRENCY; HEALTH RISK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONEY; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 20844433496     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120500105976     Document Type: Article

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